Publisher/蒼穹舎

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Japanese female photographer Miyako Ishiuchi's photo book "Childhood Garments (With Leaflet)". The atmosphere and signs of the town, the appearance of the building, and the smell of humans. .. .. Ishiuchi's early works, represented by the trilogy "Zesshou / Yokosuka Story," "Apartment," and "City of Nights," show invisible "people's activities" through the landscape of "towns" and "buildings." The style that I continued to describe was the center. Ishiuchi moved the subject to "humans" and "things", shortened the sense of distance from the subject, and spun the background of humans and things and the invisible story.・ 7 ”. Since then, he has released many masterpieces of close-up series such as "Mother's" and "Hiroshima", but the subject of this book is "Kimono". "Hyakutoku Kimono" is said to have been made in various parts of Japan by mothers who wished for the safe growth of their children from the late Edo period to the early Showa period. Kimono made by combining various cloths such as scraps of parents' kimono is filled with prayers for the love of mothers and the safety of children, and gives a glimpse of the good old traditions and culture of Japan. Ishiuchi, who is good at depicting silk fabrics with a delicate feminine perspective, perfectly depicts the texture of the material, deep colors, and the handwork seen in careful embroidery. Leaflet included.